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Item Lost in AI: Analyzing Students' Linguistic Agency and the Usage of Artificially Generated Writing Tools?(Library Information Services, COMSATS University Islamabad, Lahore Campus, 2025) IRAM HASSAN; CIIT/SP24-MEL-005/LHR; Dr. Javaria Farooqui; LHR TP 10050This study explores the impact of Artificial Intelligence (hitherto referred to as Al) generated writing tools on students' confidence, independence, and linguistic agency in academic writing, and examines how teachers' evaluation strategies of Al-generated content shape students' writing behavior. The increasing prevalence of AI tools (ChatGPT, Grammarly and QuillBot), required an exploration of their impacts on student's learning experiences, perceptions of authorship, and assessment processes. This study employed a mixed-methods design that included quantitative surveys with 200 university students and 50 university professors, as well as qualitative design to analyze the open-ended responses. Linguistic Agency Theory and Formative Assessment Theory is used in this study to illustrate how students employ control over their written work and how teacher's feedback influences student learning outcomes while using Al. The findings of this study shows that frequent use of Al tools improves students' self-confidence, and increase writing fluency, especially grammar as they possessed varying levels of independence and linguistic agency. While some were able to evaluate Al suggestions critically and maintain their voice, others relied on Al too heavily. Educators can support or hinder student agency based on how they provide feedback to students. Ethical issues regarding originality, academic integrity were identified in this study, particularly in Pakistani context, and multilingual higher education. This study extends our understanding of how AI contributes in academic writing, and also provide practical suggestions for ethical usage policies, and evaluation practices with technological support. These findings are helpful for educators, policymakers, and institutions with the goal of supporting the integration of Al tools into the educational environment and to enhance student learning experiences while preserving students' critical thinking skills and authorship.Item Evaluating AI’s Effectiveness in Content Analysis: A Linguistic Comparison of Automated and Human Text Interpretation in the Aurat March Discourse on Social Media(Library Information Services, COMSATS University Islamabad, Lahore Campus, 2025) Esha Shakoor; CIIT/SP24-MEL-003/LHR; Dr. Javaria Farooqui; LHR TP 10048This study evaluates the effectiveness of AI in analyzing the emotional, cultural, and ideological aspects of feminist discourse in Pakistan. It compares human and AI interpretations of online discussions related to the Aurat March on Facebook, Instagram, and YouTube. Using qualitative methodology supported by relational content analysis (RCA) and Technofeminism (Wajcman, 2004) as a theoretical framework, the research examines how human and the ChatGPT-5 model interpret emotional tone, sarcasm and moral framing in multilingual comments written in English, Urdu and Roman Urdu. The results shows that while the AI efficiently detects explicit emotions in English, it fails in understanding sarcasm, irony and moral expressions embedded in Urdu and Roman Urdu. AI misinterpreted phrases with cultural and religious connotations, such as “khuda ka wasta hai” or “drama karna,” while human interpreters recognized their emotional and contextual depth. This shows the limitations of AI's ability to deal with culturally specific discourse. The study supports Technofeminist arguments that technology reflects the social and gender biases of its developers. The gap in AI highlights the persistence of algorithmic bias and the dominance of Western linguistic frameworks in language models. This research contributes to studies of feminist discourse and AI ethics by proposing a hybrid model that integrates human interpretation with AI-assisted sentiment analysis. This approach combines the efficiency of AI with the sensitivity of human understanding of context. The study concludes that although AI can quickly process large data sets, it cannot yet replace human understanding when analyzing emotionally and culturally complex feminist communication. The study calls for the development of AI systems that take into account cultural, gender and context aspects, and are able to interpret various linguistic facts in digital spaces.Item Nukkad Natak: Exploring the Effectiveness of Street Theatre to Address the Issue of Violence Against Women in Pakistan(Library Information Services, COMSATS University Islamabad, Lahore Campus, 2023) Takreema Aurooj; FA21-REL-002; Dr. Javaria Farooqui; LHR TP 8483Theatre has a long and interesting history as an institutionalized form of art. It is rooted in religious narratives and rituals that provides a commentary on society, culture, and politics. Over the years, theatre, or more specifically social theatre, has been used as an awareness tool for a burgeoning spectrum of social themes ranging from sexuality, political and cultural conflicts, suicide, search for identity and exploitative sexual relationships such as harassment, rape and so on. This dissertation aims to explore social theatre in Pakistani context of Nukkad Natak, which focuses on socio-political concerns as well as human rights issues. My research examines the role of social theatre in the broader context of feminist movement in Pakistan and proposes an analytical framework that highlights the role of Nukkad Natak as an agent of change. This study begins by providing a history of Nukkad Natak in Pakistan and establish its significance as a catalyst for social change. My overarching argument is that Nukkad Natak can work as an effective tool in Pakistan to reduce the rate of crimes of violence against women and act as a strong medium for the education of masses.Item Environment and Poetry: An Ecological Analysis of Selected Poems from Diverse Regions(Library Information Services, COMSATS University Islamabad, Lahore Campus, 2025) Seem Gull; FA23-REL-022; Dr. Javaria Farooqui; LHR TP 9747This study focuses on the environment in the poetry of selected poets. John Keats, William Wordsworth, Christopher Okegbo and Gabriel Okara have been selected because they express their commitment to the environment in their poetry with great intensity. There are some unique environmental issues in their poems. Environmental issues are no longer limited to scientists, weather forecasters or environmentalists, but literary artists, especially poets, are also presenting environmental issues in a rich way through their art. The aim of this study is to emphasize environmental issues by using poetry as an effective tool for commitment to nature and its advocacy. This study is based on the premise that environmental issues are among the major problems of the world in the current 21st century. Keats and Okara have deeply criticized the environment in their selected poems. They recognize that the main cause of human problems and chaos is distance from nature. Their poetry resonates with an emotional connection to nature. Keats and Okara seem to be concerned with the obstacles to human progress that have arisen due to man’s neglect of nature. Okegbo and Wordsworth consider nature as the best teacher for man. A beautiful feature of their poetry is their attachment and sensitivity to the landscapes of land and sea. The poets are environmentally conscious and concerned for the survival of living beings in the environment. The theoretical framework of this research is Ecocriticism, which studies the relationship between literature and nature, while the methodology is based on the textual analysis and other teaching resources. To achieve this goal, analysis, conclusions and critical comments are made based on four collections of poetry. This study presents an ecocritical review of selected English and African poems.